I am a Christian and Jesus Christ is my personal saviour. Married to Bob and have four children and 9 grandchildren and one granddaughter in heaven. My interests are gardening, piano, flute, dappling in quilting and knitting dish cloths!

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Sunday, September 6, 2015

TOO HOT!!!!

I think this says it all for this senior citizen! I am becoming ungrateful for my produce because it is so hot that I don't want to go out to pick it!!! Bad senior citizen!!!

Never the less we are blessed! This basket looks like last week's picture but this week's is from my garden!!!! Last week's was from a friend's garden!

And how about this! A few strawberries to enjoy!

Still harvesting beans from different areas. Coco is happy about that. One of her favorite veggies! Gotta grow a garden for my dog!

Pulled out the other box of carrots on the deck. Another of Coco's

favorite veggies! I don't do so well growing carrots. Thinking about using that space for something else!

My dwarf peach tree has peach rot and something else this year. So I was happy to find a couple that were delicious. Hoping for a couple more! We will have to do a better job of spraying copper fungicide and horticultural oil. Just learning how to care for our trees!

It rained a lot of the day on Saturday so I took that opportunity to make up a few note cards.

A closer view of three of them. It says "a little note on the bottom".

I am amazed at the vegetables you grow. I've never grown a carrot...they won't grow for me. :) Your cards are very pretty. Do you sell them? You're right! It is way too hot there. It has cooled off here a bit and was actually pleasant today with a cool breeze...thankfully!

I like the notecards you made. Making them in the nice cool house is better than getting overheated outside. Our weather has changed so suddenly. We went from hot and dry to cool ( high today was 20) and lots of rain. No more drought for us.

Next year ( words every gardener spouts) I must remember to sow beans at 2 or 3 week intervals to prolong the season. We did grow both bush and pole beans and that meant a good 3 weeks of beans but if I'd been on the ball we'd still be picking them. I can't grow carrots either. You still are getting some raspberries and even a few strawberries! That's great.

Hi Henny Penny, Thanks and no I don't sell the cards. I don't grow a lot of things but like to grow a little of the things and Coco likes to eat! I wonder what the secret is to growing good carrots! Nancy

Hi Granny Marigold, Thanks! Yes, it is much nicer sitting in the house than outside when it is so hot or raining. I don't take time to make cards often. So many fun things to do, don't you think? I think "next year" has got to be every gardeners favorite saying!! Nancy

Very pretty cards, I love sending personal notes to friends and family. Your carrots look better than mine. As skinny as mine are, I sure do like fresh carrots from the garden as they are so much sweeter.

Hi Susie, Thank you! I think sending personal notes and letters is a lost art. I like to pen pal too. The little I have tasted my skinny carrots they weren't sweet like the boughten ones. Maybe I am just use to the boughten taste! Nancy

Hi Betty from My Irish Cottage Home, Thank you! Sorry your garden petered out. Mine is on the way out now too. It was nice to have the produce while it lasted though! Better luck next year for you. Nancy

Hi Nancy ... your harvest looks good ... even if just a little bit at a time. I would love to garden, but not enough time. Maybe one day. Nothing better than home grown tomatoes. Cute note cards too. It's nice that you still send cards. Blessings,Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures

Those note cards are sweet... And very handy!You dog will eat carrots? Our dog used to spit out anything remotely like a vegetable!They look like lovely little carrots, though. And nothing is sweeter than eating the fruits of your labours :)

Hi Alex, Thanks! Simple note cards are fun to do when I have time! Our dog will eat almost any vegetable. I accidentally dropped a piece of the core from the cabbage on the floor and I didn't think she would eat it. She gobbled it up and didn't blink an eye! Nancy

About Me

My husband retired in 2000 and we sold our house in Michigan to move closer to our kids in Northwest Indiana. We then bought a 5th wheel and traveled the country for 2 ½ years and then built our home in Indiana. We built a small home with a small backyard and although it was just one great big piece of clay when we moved in I could envision what it could be and eventually I saw that vision become reality.
I enjoy music and play both the piano and the flute. I play the flute in a band. I love to play the piano mainly for my own enjoyment. When spring comes my interest is all about the yard. Growing vegetables and flowers and playing in the dirt. When winter comes I enjoy working on making quilts or table runners, etc. In between you will find me canning fruit (love the homemade apple sauce) or freezing strawberries
We still have one child living at home and she is a cocker spaniel named Coco. I have been accused by my husband of spoiling her and I’m afraid I do have to plead guilty. I have enjoyed reading other people’s blogs and have decided to take the plunge and start my own so bear with me .I’m sure there will be a learning curve.